Women’s and men’s teams made up of alumni from both East Aurora and West Aurora high schools will meet on the court as will players from the current boys and girls teams in a 3-point contest.
The 26th edition of the East-West Alumni Basketball Game returns at 6 p.m. Friday to the Gordon Kerkman Gymnasium at West Aurora High School.Kenny Battle, the 1984 West Aurora High School grad who starred at Northern Illinois University and the University of Illinois before being drafted by the NBA, will coach the Blackhawks men, looking to avenge last year’s nail-biter of a loss on a last-second shot from 2008 Tomcat grad Jermaine Taylor.
Tickets can be purchased online for $10 for adults and $8 for students at https://events.bam.fam/en/catapult/event/4451 or in person at Sophisticated You Hair Salon, 57 S. Broadway, and the Marie Wilkinson Child Development Center, 1144 Galena Blvd., both in Aurora. Coaching the women’s teams, who will open the event, are West Aurora High School 2004 grad Kina Miller and 1984 East Aurora High School grad Tasha Cameron.
The East Aurora women’s roster includes Yessenia Cabadas, ‘Sandy Cabadas, Cecelia Turnage, Felicia Mercado, Tyshee Towner, Leanne Neimeyer, Jeanette Villezcas, Briana Clowney, Gaby Lechuga and Marta Medina.
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